LibGuides: Coventry University London: Law

Law Overview

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Key Resources

Welcome to the Law Subject Guide

This Subject Guide provides you with key academic and professional resources related to Law.

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Key Resources

General Resources

Journals, Magazines & Databases - ProQuest Central, ProQuest Accounting, Tax & Banking Collection and EBSCO Academic Search Complete.

Newspapers - Financial Times (FT), EBSCO Regional Business News and LexisNexis Lexis Library.

Law-Specific Resources

Lexis Library -

Westlaw UK -

IDS Employment Law -

British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) -

Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations -

Additional Resources

We also have a range of free resources which are recommended for wider reading around law - see the 'Statutes & Government Websites', 'European & International Law' and 'Other Useful Resources' tabs.

Database Searching Tips

Alphabetical List of Resources

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) It features thousands of full-text journals, dissertations, working papers, key business and economics periodicals, country-and industry-focused reports, and downloadable data. Its international coverage gives researchers a broad picture of companies and business trends around the world.
Accounting, Tax and Banking Collection (ProQuest) Quickly locate precise results from sources ranging from current news to professional and academic journal articles covering the trends and history influencing important accounting, tax, banking, and financial issues of the day.
British and Irish Legal Information Institute (BAILII) Provides free access to British and Irish case law, legislation, and legal information, European Union case law, Law Commission reports, and other law-related British and Irish material. BAILII has emphasis on primary source materials such as statutes and case judgements. BAILLI is a good source of ‘unreported’ cases from the higher courts.
Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations This web-based service allows you to search for the meaning of abbreviations for English language legal publications, from the British Isles, the Commonwealth and the United States, including those covering international and comparative law.
HeinOnline HeinOnline contains over 1000 digitised full-text law journals. It is particularly good for US and older titles. The database also holds, in full text, pre-2004 European Centre for Minority Issues’ (ECMI) reports and working papers as well as full-text US Treaties. Search hints: For off-campus access to this resource login with your Coventry University username & password.
IDS Employment Law in Westlaw UK IDS is now a part of the Westlaw website (You can find it from the top menu). It provides authoritative analysis of key developments in employment law for HR professionals. ACCESS: If logging in for the first time, please select 'Create Account', use your student email and you will receive an email with your password in a couple of hours. You can then log in using that password.
Lexis Library [LexisNexis] Lexis Library is a newspaper and legal database. British national and many local daily & Sunday newspapers are in full text. Access to full text legal information is also included: UK and international cases and legislation with links to full-text journal articles, where the law journal is included in the Lexis database. It is an excellent resource for locating full-text United States cases and legislation and numerous full-text US legal journals. Full text EU law is also available.
ProQuest Central ProQuest Central combines all of ProQuest’s main business, marketing, finance and humanities databases, allowing you to search over 24,000 academic publications at once. The collection includes academic and trade journals, magazines, reports and newspapers. ACCESS: Instead of using your username and password, click on "Open Athens" from the right side of the screen.
Westlaw UK Westlaw is an online legal research service for lawyers and legal professionals in the United States and the United Kingdom and is a product of Thomson Reuters. In addition, it provides proprietary database services ACCESS: If logging in for the first time, please select 'Create Account', use your student email and you will receive an email with your password in a couple of hours. You can then log in using that password.

Acts of Parliament UK public Acts of Parliament from 1988 onwards, as originally passed. Subsequent amendments are not included.
Bills before Parliament 2021-2022 Listed below are all Bills currently before Parliament. Any Bills which start in the Lords have [HL] in their title. Explanatory Notes and Amendments are on each Bill's individual page.
Civil Procedure Rules Pages from the Lord Chancellor's Department web site, containing the Rules in full text, with amendments, forms and other information.
Hansard - House of Commons debates Read Hansard debates from the House of Commons and Westminster Hall. Includes Today's Written Statements and debates from Public Bill Committees and General Committees.
House of Commons The House of Commons is the democratically elected house of the UK Parliament, responsible for making laws and checking the work of Government.
House of Lords The House of Lords is the second chamber of UK Parliament. It shares the task of making and shaping laws and checking and challenging the government's work.
Hansard - House of Lords debates Read Hansard debates from the House of Lords three hours after they begin or browse the official record by date, Lord or category
CPS: Prosecuting crime for the public we serve The CPS prosecutes criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales and exists to ensure that wrongdoers are brought to justice, victims of crime are supported and that people feel safer in their communities
Home Office The Home Office leads on immigration and passports, drugs policy, crime policy and counter-terrorism and works to ensure visible, responsive and accountable policing in the UK.
Law Commission The official body that advises the Government on improvemenmts to statute law. Their Consultation Papers are available on this site in full text from 1996 onwards.
Ministry of Justice We work to protect the public and reduce reoffending, and to provide a more effective, transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.

EUR-Lex EUR-Lex provides a single entry point and free access to EU law (EU treaties, directives, regulations, decisions, consolidated legislation, etc.), preparatory acts (legislative proposals, reports, green and white papers, etc.), EU case-law (judgements, orders, etc.), international agreements, EFTA documents, the Official Journal of the European Union and other public documents.
European Court of Human Rights European Court of Human Rights/Cour européenne des droits de l'homme.
International Court of Justice The Court is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. It was established by the United Nations Charter, signed in 1945 at San Francisco (United States), and began work in 1946 in the Peace Palace, The Hague (Netherlands). The Court, which is composed of 15 judges, has a dual role: in accordance with international law, settling legal disputes between States submitted to it by them and giving advisory opinions on legal matters referred to it by duly authorised United Nations organs and specialised agencies.
International Criminal Court The International Criminal Court (ICC) is governed by the Rome Statute established to investigate and try individuals accused of committing the most serious crimes including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. It is based in The Hague and the Court’s expenses are funded primarily by States Parties. It is an independent organisation not part of the United Nations system.
Treaties of the Council of Europe The text of all Council of Europe treaties, their explanatory reports, the status of signatures and ratifications, the declarations and reservations made by States, as well as the notifications issued by the Treaty Office since 2005, are available on this website. Texts of declarations and reservations as well as electronic notifications are available in the Council of Europe's official languages only.

Lexis Library [LexisNexis] Lexis Library is a newspaper and legal database. British national and many local daily & Sunday newspapers are in full text. Access to full text legal information is also included: UK and international cases and legislation with links to full-text journal articles, where the law journal is included in the Lexis database. It is an excellent resource for locating full-text United States cases and legislation and numerous full-text US legal journals. Full text EU law is also available.
Regional Business News [EBSCO] Regional Business News provides comprehensive full text for regional business publications (including titles from Crain Communications). This database has full text for more than 50 sources. Search hints: For access to this resource login with your Coventry University username & password. Select EBSCOhost Web icon and scroll down list of EBSCO subscribed database and check box for Regional Business News.

ONS - Office for National Statistics ONS is the UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK.